Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

6 reviews

katie0528's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Stephanie tells of life as a single mother. After deciding not to attend college after getting pregnant early in a new relationship, she winds up in a series of bad relationships, becomes homeless, and has to navigate endless government red tape in order to keep her infant daughter from starving. By taking on a series of cleaning jobs and gaining support from coworkers, clients, and case workers, Stephanie grasps a modecum of comfort time and time again only to have it snatched away again. While it is a seemingly realistic portrayal of life in poverty, including the restrictions on government aid, the social stigma in using it, and the lack of quality for what aid can even be used for, this book does feel a little inspiration porn-y. Strephanie was able to break the cyle of poverty, attend University of Montana, and publish her book. The second half of the book, Land constantly brings up how she will one day escape, and then

all of a sudden she gets a scholarship to support her move, her abusive ex quite literally disappears from her life

and everything magically falls together, with Land quite literally walking into the sunset at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Poverty

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

God was this good and impactful. Just a really clear look at how poverty looks in this godforsaken country, and how you can't "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" if the system is set up to make sure that you can't move forward. And Ms. Land didn't even have systemic racism working against her! Just. incredible and so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

miggyfool's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicide, Abandonment, and Alcohol

redefiningrachel's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

basicbookstagrammer's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

So good!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment